As mouse numbers rise across Australia, farmers are being told to be on alert. ⚠️ Scientists are urging farmers to look out for mice this harvest season as the threat of a pest population boom looms. The latest round of trapping by the CSIRO has revealed much higher than usual numbers of pregnant females in key cropping zones in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia. 🎤 by Rachael Merritt via ABC News SA ✍️ by Angus Verley for ABC Rural Personalise your news & stay in the kno

Happy Burns Day everybody! Robert Burns poem Tae A Mouse is one of the easiest to understand in my opinion, even if there are a few words that might trip you up. I misplaced my Complete Work of Burns book so in an unsubtle way, I've stashed my phone inside this history of Edinburgh to make it look more authentic. It's not perfect but I had to wait until the wee hours for the flat upstairs to stop their loud DIY so I wasn't going to redo it! Tae a Mouse (On Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plo